"Real" Reality TV

Another day has passed, and Spike was just waking up, and tried to sit when he accidentally bumped his head into something, and there was a sound of a microphone feedback like if it got to close to an amplifier. He shot his eyes open and saw the camera crew watching him and Mane-iac in their sleep. "AAAAAHHH!!" he screamed

"AAAAHHH!!!" Mane-iac shouted as she woken up. "What?! What's wrong!? Was it the Power Ponies?"

"No!" Spike said. "But we do have a camera crew around here. They were watching us in our sleep!!" Spike replied, angry at the camera crew. "What the hell are you guys doing?! This is an invasion of privacy!"

Mane-iac was just as angry as her husband was. She sprung out of bed and turned many of her tendrils into weapons like a sword or an ax or a mace. "What is the meaning of this Cameral Len?!" She demanded

Camera Len stepped up and said "Hey hey hey, please. Calm down. We haven't been watching you sleep all night, we just wanted to see if you were still asleep, and try to wake you up to get you ready for another episode. Right guys?"

His cronies all agreed with him flatly. "We didn't stay here all night watching you sleep, we promise." said a camera stallion."

"Yeah, we respect a couple's privacy, especially you guys." The Boom Operator added

Spike and Mane-iac thought of what Twilight warned last night, and maybe this reality show thing is a bad idea after all. Allowing Rarity and Rainbow Dash to fight for attention like a pair of cats. On the other hoof, it was still the beginning of the show.

The baby dragon took a small breath out of his system, and said "Look, please just don't scare us like that. I really thought we were being spied on."

"And, if you all ever spy on us in our sleep through the night, you will all face hell." Mane-iac threatened, showing her tendrils that looked like weapons. She aimed them at Camera Lens' throat. If there was anything he and his crew would not want to do, it would be facing the wrath of her.

Camera gulped "of course. Our sincere apologies, it won't happen again" his employees all made a nervous nod in response

Mane-iac smiled evilly and put her mane back to it's original state. "Good. Now, please just give us a moment as we all bath ourselves for a new day."

"Yeah." Spike sniffed his armpit, and made a look of disgust on his face "I desperately need one."

"Oh yes yes, of course." Said Len

Both of them smiled and went to the bathroom to clean themselves for a full day ahead of them.

After that was done thirty minutes later, Mane-iac put a new original shit on herself, and Spike was brushing the crest on his head. "Brilliant. So, let's get started." Said Camera Len. "Let's see what this episode will be like today. Oh and pretend we're not here, like I said before."

"Right!" Both Spike and Mane-iac nodded their heads at the same time.

Twilight suddenly came running down from the hallways like she wanted to give some important news. "What happened?" She said "I heard screaming! Was there a snake under your bed?!"

"Twilight, please calm down." Said Mane-iac. Then she muttered "and they called me hysterical."

"What?"

"Nothing nothing. What I am saying is that there is nothing to exterminate here."

"What happened then?"

"These guys kinda gave us a surprising awaking. I thought they were watching us sleep through the night, but they only needed to have a small clip of us for the show."

Twilight looked at them, and was quite unamused

"No no no, don't do that." Camera Len said "pretend we're not here."

The purple Alicorn groaned mildly and reluctantly agreed to do as he said. "Anyway, would you like some breakfast?"

"Oh, can we have some too?" Said the boom operator.

"No!"

"Aww!" The camera crew complained.

They all started walking to the kitchen with the camera crew following from behind. They all tried to not get in the way and give some space so it won't feel like they were hovering over the three. As they all went to the conversations, it was fully like the TV ponies weren't there at all. It was working.

"So did you guys aleep okay?" Twilight asked them curiously to start shooting the breeze with them.

"Oh yeah. Me and the Mane-iac were in it." He and Mane-iac looked at eachother with bedroom eyes. They both held out a hand and hoof and clung to each other.

"And we can tell you that it was quite a magical, and romantic dream." Mane-iac said. Then she and Spike gave each other a small kiss on the lips. "Isn't that right, my witted Spikey-Whikey?"

"Oh yeah, Maney-waney." Spike baby talked.

"Umm, can you please hold down the romance like that. It makes me feel a little uncomfortable." Twilight said, trying her best not to hurt their feelings.

"Sorry. A little too far." Said Mane-iac. "Our love was truly meant to be." They both looked into each other's eyes again, lost in their own thoughts. Both of them were thinking what the other was thinking about.

"Riiiight." Twilight said with a chuckle.

They all breakfasted at last, but Camera Len thought it was a little boring, so he turned them off.

"What? what's wrong?" Spike asked

"It's not you guys, it's the breakfast." Camera clarified. "It's just that breakfast can be very boring on reality TV. I mean, what is so great about eating a bowl full of cereal for five long minutes? Nothing."

"Fair enough." Spike agreed.

Then they all continued eating their own different breakfasts. Mane-iac had a zesty cucumber sandwich, Spike had some lucky horseshoe cereal with yummy marshmallows, and Twilight had an omelette with ketchup and some cheese in it

After that was done, they all went outside. It was then when Her best friends came up. "I call dibs on the camera!" Rainbow said

"Over my dead body!" Rarity protested. Then they both snarled at each other like two male wolves, and then they began fighting again. Twilight nodded her head sideways in irritation and she groaned

"Here we go again." Mane-iac complained

"Oh don't worry, they'll stop." said Camera Len.

"Hopefully." Spike muttered.

"Fluttershy!" a deep stallion voice called. It was Big Macintosh. "Hey, I wanna thank you for helping out with Winona today. and... I wanted to bring you some flowers for it" it looked like he was blushing

"Aww, thank you, Big Mac." Fluttershy replied, really flattered. They both looked away from each other, both flushing like rosy-red tomatoes. Camera Len noticed it and had a very good idea for the show.

"Alright you two!" Applejack said, referring to Applejack and Rarity, then she went in between the two to break up the fighting "Enough! You're on TV for buck's sake!"

"Sorry." both Rainbow and Rarity said in unison, then they both looked at each other with sorrowful expressions.

"Well, wanna get some cupcakes with us?" Pinkie asked them with excitement as she would usually be in. "I have ones with chocolate frosting and lots of sprinkles on top." she licked her lips and wagged her tail rapidly. "Ooh! I can almost taste it!"

They all, minus the camera staff, laughed at her remark. Then they all went to Sugarcube Corner to go for a treat. When they arrived, they all had their own type of cupcakes.

"Hey Pinkie." said Rainbow.

The pink earth pony gobbled her cupcake like a pig in an instant. "Hm?"

"Think fast!" Without warning, Rainbow pelted a cupcake right at her face. with frosting all over it. Rainbow Dash laughed up a storm and pointed her hoof at her "you look funny!"

Without warning her, Pinkie pelted a cupcake at her back, and the, she, and the other pony friends were laughing at the ironic thing that just happened to her. "Hahaha! Now you look silly!" Pinkie laughed.

It all turned into a food fight at Sugarcube Corner, even Spike and Mane-iac joined in on the fun, who was like a real cupcake pelting super villain using tendrils to pelt as much cupcakes at anypony as possible. Of course, they all tried not to hit the camera crew.

Everypony was having fun with this little food fight, thanks to Rainbow Dash. For Camera Len and his associates, this was good for the show as well. After all, who doesn't love a good fight?

"You getting this?" He asked his associates

"Oh yeah! All on camera." Said Action Shot

"Perfect! I am loving this!"

***

A little later on, Fluttershy and Big Mac were helping out with the animals at the cottage together as friends. It was just then her door was knocked three times

The yellow pegasus answered it. It was the Reality crew. "Oh, hello, Camera Len, what are you doing here?"

"So sorry to bother you, Fluttershy, but we just had a good idea, and- Ah! I see Big Mac is here too. This idea involves both of you."

"Really?" Said Big Mac, brushing Harry's back with a brush."

"Yep! So we were thinking of you guys pretending to be a couple on the show."

The red stallion dropped his brush as both Flutterhsy and his own heart sank to their feet. "Pretending to be a couple?" He asked "no no no. I don't think I would like that." Then looked at Flutterhy "but- nothing personal Fluttershy of course, but I always see each other as good friends."

"Oh yes, I agree." Fluttershy replied "and I don't mean to hurt your feelings."

"And I don't mean to hurt yours."

"Oh, you don't have to be a real couple, just defend to be one when in the camera. Like, try kissing each other some time. The viewers will really love it." Camera Len urged.

Fluttershy and Big Mac looked at each other, both flushing a crimson red on their cheeks, then they both laughed nervously.

"Think about it, we'll pay you both extra money than both the rest of your friends, except for Spike and Mane-iac since they are the co-stars of the show of course."

"Well, it would be nice to afford more food and cages and have more support for all my critter friends." The animals inside agreed.

"And I can always have a new plow for the fields and someone to help with the apple harvesting even faster." Big Mac added

"There you go! And don't worry, you don't have to do so much kissing, but maybe make out once in a while, and besides, this is just a pretend romance."

"Well, doesn't reality mean, you know.... Real?" Big Mac said

"Real can be boring, and there are some truths that some people can't take, so we cover that up by stretching the truth."

"Well, I would hate to hurt other people's feelings." Fluttershy thought."

"So would I."

"Then it's settled, will you guys do this?"

It took a long while, and then finally, Fluttershy replied "okay. I suppose I can make this work. Besides, I kinda think Big Mac is cute."

"And the same thing for you, Fluttershy." Big Mac replied to

"Perfect!"